They always throw good ideas awayLost World and Forces confirmed to me that Sonic Team is worthless at their job.
Lost World wasn't great, but it was at least an interesting idea and it would've made for a nice starting point for a new kind of 3D Sonic. It was rough, but there was real potential for a sequel.
And they threw all of that idea to make whatever the fuck Forces was.
The best Sonic games of the last decade were both games that didn't really do anything new and were mostly just old concepts with a fresh coat of paint (Generations and Mania)
But they're obsessed with having to make new experiences every single game, leading to really strange and mediocre games that are never expanded on or improved and then they just start all over again the next game and make the same mistakes.